Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1887-10-17
a Remarkable stump Speech.

Inc most adFoit stump speech 20 WHICH
ae have ever listened was delivered by
regular coal black, thick Tipped, gizzard
footed darkey in Carrolton, Miss, severa.
years ago, to mixed audience Of negroes
and whites:
You culud folk" said Uncle Z.Ee, ''you
cullGd folks and carpet. bag pubikin tell NE
We owe Our freedom 10 Mr.. Linkum G'way
niger G'way fun hycar. ard talk SIGH
truck as dat TO maroons knows suth;n
bout dat, old Z.ke does, kase IVES dar-
right dar while it was al goin OH.
"De very fustest ear Oh dc war | went
out ter old Eirsinny wild my young master
Tom Kennedy l see him settin oher dar
right now Iweut TO ole Fireinny wild bin
kase my misti=s iole NE 10 go long and cook
fur him and bring his bodg home ef be hap
pencd ter get kilt. Wei. kinder liked my
hcme folks, fur show l did ard while
hated to see EN- killed up in battle l wasn't
bit sorry when the Yankees whipt de rebs.
kase l somehow felt dnt my freedom would
cum outen it ali, and dat was what | was 9
Ieerin fur most.
II yuster listen mighty close. muu, TO
what byeard de soldiers say in camp. but
| neber let On. Dis niger lay low and
keep his ear skinned. Bymeby de neGs
cum inter camp DE-; Mr. Liukum done sort
eord to Dir. JEFF Davis de-. of Mr. Jefl'
Davis would make his soldiers lay doun dar
gus an cum back inter De union, jess like
,!ey was befo' dey seseeded, dey moul
keep de niggers in slavery jess like Gey had
ut fast
"Umph Humph Thinks I to myself.
Kin it be bossumble OATS Dir. Linkum talk
in !? Dat good man so al said was swineter
sot us free? Umph think | ter myself, its
mitey bad chance ter cit any freedom out
er you, Mr.. Linkun, ard tell yer what.
rent squar back on Mr.. Linkum fun dat
day ter dis. and gunter bitch lag hopes unto
Mars JEFF Davis / was sort fraid Mars jeff
mout take mp Mr.. Linkum's proposition sho
huff and den whatd we niegcrs be? KEEP
on de lockout to hyesr what Mr. Davis
g~ice 'epond and fur whole week wos 20
blue wos alnos' 5:acG /! wca fur er fac !.
Somebody it sorter peered to me Dir. Davis
wan'C gwine ter sept lie pCpparai;ion, kase
be WAS SUDDEN geumaH o: de kind wnat
neber consider de speDse when dag takes
Gay coats Of to fight. Now, l said to 10Y
self, if Mr.. Davis wos orc Of dem sharp
Yankees wat got heap me- sense dan cur
white folks has, an kuowa low ter drive
sharp barcain-I says TO ayself Mr.. Davis
f,lEs 10 noTf neber sol u free in dare born
day-:io, Stree, ds; cont ua down soaf an
sole us and put Us i'll dare pockets-dey did
fur er fac u said ter myself ef Mr. JET
Davis was dat sortar man like Mr. Likuui
thought be VAS we nebber GIT 10 freedom
in the worid-for l soon found out dc yauks
wasn't ftin' to free US, but jest ter git &c
sout back in de union. So lay low aud
ksp dark, wa;;in' To hear what Alr. JEFF Da
VS. gwinter to say ; bus bsDeby, bless God
and Glory balleluyah, de blessed word cum
from Mr. Davis dat he be dam eff he was
gainer de do enny sch thing. Hc wasn't
fits ter keep niggers in savery-he was
titn' fer bis oTn freedom, lie was fur &
fac
Nov, what you niegers think did when
got dat spouse fun Mr JEFF Dayisl / JESS
slipped Gu. behiUe an old thicket wher dc
white folks couldn't sea me-, aJd 1 threw my
nat high up in de atmosphere aud shouted
Bully fur jeff Davis
NOV, does envy Of you fool niggets try
Ter make me believe ] owes my freedom 10
Mr. Linkum ? Not a bit o il lie tried
ter swap "a all OF FUR the union, had / knew
eff Mr.. JEFF Davis KEEP on fin be bound ter
get wbipt after awhile and be did He
faouldn' 'spond 10 Mr.. Lin1um's poppetsi.
tions, 20 I cxpec!s Ter shout "a long ez dis
niger lives, Belly for JEFF Davis and II a.
de good Ltw1 protect him. "'-Jdcks0nriHe
(Fia Nelcs Herald